Prognosis
EU Nation That Beat First Wave of Virus Now Wants to Test Everyone
- Slovakia to embark on plan to test most of its population
- President Caputova casts doubt on full success of mass testing
While most testing uses so-called PCR kits aimed at identifying the virus in patients, Slovakia will rely on cheaper antibody tests in an experiment closely watched by the 27-member European Union.
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The European nation that protected its population better than any other from Covid-19 at the start of the global pandemic is now trying to do one better -- by testing almost its entire population for the virus.